Being a member of the American Quilting Society, I receive their magazine which is called American Quilter. I love looking through it since it always has some interesting news and patterns. This month, I saw Serendipity Star by Marjorie Rhine and knew I just had to make it!
I chose these 3 fabrics. I bought a bunch of scraps from Bits N Pieces in Pelham, NH when they had their big summer sale. I stuffed a bag with fabric and it cost all of $5! These pieces were in that bag.
I had to cut 3 rectangles from the two fabrics I chose for the star. I had to layer the 2 different fabrics right sides together. I had to sew the long edges and then cute into my sewn rectangles.
After my cutting, I was left with 4 equilateral triangles and 2 vertically seamed diamonds per pair of rectangle fabrics. That's it! I couldn't believe how quick this was coming together!
I sewed one triangle to either side of the diamonds. I ended up with 6 diamonds.
After sewing the diamonds together, I sewed the border strips to 3 alternate diamond units.
I added border strips to the 3 remaining units. Ta-da! It's done! I made it one afternoon. It measures about 37" by 32". It's on the large size. I just love it! So nice to work on a quick project!
Beautiful block you've made there, Rosemary..it looks really difficult...lots of math? (Hmmm, angles and I don't mix too well...) love your fabric choices hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julierose! The math was all figured out so that part was easy. Lots of bias edges so I had to sew carefully but not too bad.
DeleteDont cha just love when something is quick and looks difficult? Great pattern and choice of fabrics. Would make beautiful Christmas gifts.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really neat trick! I thought you were going to say it was paper pieced.
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